Sophie Friedel explores the action of skateboarding in her book as a way to escape cycles of despair, not only in war torn environments and regions affected by poverty. The author critically reflects on her involvements of teaching skateboarding in Afghanistan within the context of youth empowerment and peace work. By way of personal experiences, Friedel illustrates how skateboarding can be understood as an elicitive approach to peace work and conflict transformation that unfolds the extraordinary human potential inherent to all of us.

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Vienna, Austria

Sophie Friedel

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Sophie Friedel is a peace and conflict researcher from the MA Program in Peace, Development, Security and International Conflict Transformation at the University of Innsbruck, Austria. She has travelled through Europe, Afghanistan and Costa Rica to teach skateboarding and is currently training to become a Psychotherapist.

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Book Title: The Art of Living Sideways
Book Subtitle: Skateboarding, Peace and Elicitive Conflict Transformation
Authors: Sophie Friedel
Series Title: Masters of Peace
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-08955-9
Publisher: Springer Wiesbaden
eBook Packages: Behavioral Science, Behavioral Science and Psychology (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden 2015
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-658-08954-2Published: 20 March 2015
eBook ISBN: 978-3-658-08955-9Published: 11 March 2015
Series ISSN: 2364-463X
Series E-ISSN: 2364-4648
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XII, 106
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations
Topics: Psychotherapy and Counseling, Personality and Social Psychology

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Table of contents (6 chapters)

Front Matter

Introduction

(Re)search Methodology

Conceptual Considerations

Kabul, Peace & Skateboarding

Medicine for the Soul

Epilogue

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